The Moody Blues - A Question Of Balance (1970) FLAC

The Moody Blues - A Question Of Balance (1970) FLAC

A Question of Balance, released in 1970, is the sixth album by The Moody Blues. The album was an attempt by the group to strip down their well-known lush, psychedelic sound in order to be able to better perform the songs in concert. In order to be able to play as many new songs as possible from their new album live, the group decided (temporarily) to abandon their method of heavy overdubbing for A Question of Balance.

The Moody Blues' first real attempt at a harder rock sound still has some psychedelic elements, but they're achieved with an overall leaner studio sound. The group was trying to take stock of itself at this time, and came up with some surprisingly strong, lean numbers (Michael Pinder's Mellotron is surprisingly restrained until the final number, "The Balance"), which also embraced politics for the first time ("Question" seemed to display the dislocation that a lot of younger listeners were feeling

during Vietnam).

Track Listing

Side One

"Question" (Justin Hayward) – 5:40
"How Is It (We Are Here)" (Mike Pinder) – 2:48
"And the Tide Rushes In" (Ray Thomas) – 2:57
"Don't You Feel Small" (Graeme Edge) – 2:40
"Tortoise and the Hare" (John Lodge) – 3:23

Side Two

"It's Up to You" (Hayward) – 3:11
"Minstrel's Song" (Lodge) – 4:27
"Dawning is the Day" (Hayward) – 4:22
"Melancholy Man" (Pinder) – 5:49
"The Balance" (Edge, Thomas) – 3:33